Display-mount.



PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905. v

No. 781,222. I

A. P. MORSE.

DISPLAY MOUNT. APPL IOATIONTILED TUNE 18. 1904.

' WWNEEEESQ Patented January 31, 1905. I

. PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT P. MORSE, OF WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY-MOUNT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,222, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed June 18, 1904. Serial No. 213,122.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. MORSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wellesley, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a-new and useful Improvement in Display-Mounts, of which 'the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

Myirivention relates to an improvement in mounts for displayin stam s or other articles. The object of my invention is to make a mount simple and inexpensive in structure and attractive in form, in which mount also the stamp orother article displayed can be easily inserted or taken out and after insertion will be securely held or locked in place and protected from injury.

The form and structure of my improved mount can best be seen and its advantages better understood by referenceto the drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which I Figure 1 shows in perspective the improved mount. It is shown open ready for the insertion of a stamp or other article.

' in cross-section the manner of bending the mount for the purpose of fastening it after a stamp or other article has been inserted. Fig. 3 shows in perspective the mount closed; and Fig. 4 shows the mount slightly modified in form, to which modification special reference will hereinafter be made.

The mount, (designated B,) as may be seen, I

is made from a single plate bent up to form two flexibly-resilient plates or sides 6 b, between which the stamp or other article is placed. These plates or sides I) b are thus integrally united along one edge 6 made by the bending andalong their opposite edges are adapted to be fastened together by a clip 6 formedby turning up the edge of one plate, with which clip the correspondingedge b of the other plate is adapted to interlock when the two edges are brought together. This isdone simply by bending the plate, as may be seen in Fig. 2, when the edge 6* will be in a position to readily slip into the clip, after which, upon permitting the resilient Fig. 2 shows sides to resume their normal position, as shown in Fig. 3, their edges will be held fastened together and the sides of the holder maintained in proper conjunction to hold the stamp or other article in place between them.-

sides of the holder come together, pinching the stamp or other article placed between, by which means the stamp is held locked in place as against any danger of falling out or accidental displacement.- In Fig. 4: one of the plates or sides of the holder is formed with side clips 6, which act as lateral guards for the stamp or other article contained within it, protecting the stamp and retaining it also from any possible lateral displacement.

AS for the material from which the plate is made, it may be of any transparent flexible resilient material which can be bent into the form above described. For this .purpose I prefer to use celluloid, inasmuch as the entire holder can be formed from a single plate and the transparency of the sides obtained,as well as their resiliency, which is necessary for the successful operation of the device. Of course any other material which has these qualities may be used. This makes a very simple form of holder, and when formed by bending up a single plate as its formation permits it can of course be produced at very little cost. It also makes a very efficient holder in which a stamp or other article can easily be inserted or taken out. After its insertion the stamp is entirely incased and protected from injury. ,The holder is self-locking in holding the stamp in place, so that it cannot fall out or become accidentally displaced. The holder 'is also very attractive in appearance, and in it the stamp can be seen from both sides.

The mount is especially adapted to be strung on a rod or wire, and for this purpose its bent edge is made rounding or cylindrical in shape to fit upon the rod or wire in the nature of a sleeve, which not only facilitates the strings ing of the mount upon the wire, but keeps it in place after it is strung.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A mount of the character specified having two flexible plates or sides between which, when the plates are in proper conjunction, the article is held, and means providing afastening for the edge of said plates, the same comprising a clip formed by turning up the edge of one plate, with which clip the edge of the other plate is adapted to interlock upon bending both plates, substantially as described.

2. A mount of the character specified having two flexible plates or sides, one of which plates is convex and between which, when in proper conjunction, the article is held, and means providing a fastening for the edge of said plates, the same comprising a clip formed by turning up the edge of one plate, with which clip the corresponding edge of the other plate is adapted to interlock upon bending both plates, substantially as described.

3. A mount of the character specified having two conjoining, flexible plates or sides with jointure along one edge thereof, which plates and jointure are obtained by bending a single flexible blank plate or piece, and means for fastening said plates along the edge opposite from the edge where the plates have jointure as aforesaid, said means of fastening comprising a clip formed by turning up the edge of one plate, with which clip the edge of the other plate is adapted to interlock upon bending both plates, substantially as described.

4. Amount of the character specified having two integral, flexible, conjoining plates or sides, one of which is convex with jointure along one edge thereof, which integral plates and jointure are obtained by bending up a single blank plate or piece, and means for fastening said plates along the ed ge opposite from the edge where the plates make their integral jointure, the same comprising a clip formed by turning up the edge of one plate, with which clip the adjacent edge of the other plate is adapted to interlock upon bending both plates in the manner described.

5. A mount of the character specified having two conjoining,fiexible plates or sides with jointure along one edge thereof, means for fastening said plates along the edge opposite where the plates have jointure, said means of fastening comprising a clip formed by'turning up the edge of one plate with which clip the edge of the other plate is adapted tointcrlock upon bending both plates, and side clips formed by bending the side edges of one of said plates or sides substantially as described.

ALBERT P. MORSE.

WVitnesses:

JOHN E. R. HAYns, J. M. DOLAN. 

